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2025 DAILYLAW 42683 (PNJ)

HITESH v. STATE OF HARYANA

CRR/995/2025 · 2025-08-07

Jasjit Singh Bedi

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CRR-995-2025 (O&M) -1- 113+254 IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH CRR-995-2025 (O&M) Date of decision :07.08.2025 HITESH ... petitioner(s) Versus STATE OF HARYANA ...Respondent(s) CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASJIT SINGH BEDI Present: Mr. Parveen Kaushik, Advocate for the petitioners. Mr. Vipul Sherwal, Asstt. A.G., Haryana. Mr. Dinesh Arora, Advocate for the complainant. **** JASJIT SINGH BEDI, J. (ORAL) CRM-30862-2025 The present application has been filed by the applicant- appellant for place on record compromise deed dated 04.08.2025 and order dated 30.07.2025. For the reason mentioned in the application, the same is allowed and the compromise deed dated 04.08.2025 and order dated 30.07.2025 are taken on record. CRR-995-2025 The present revision petition has been filed against the judgment dated 25.03.2025 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Jhajjar, vide which the appeal preferred by the complainant/victim against the order of acquittal dated 11.06.2018 passed by the Chief JITESH LAL 2025.08.11 12:48 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRR-995-2025 (O&M) -2- Judicial Magistrate, Jhajjar was set aside and the petitioner was sentenced as under:- Sections Sentence Fine In default 323 IPC R/w Section 34 IPC RI for 06 months Rs.5000/- SI 15 days 324 IPC R/w Section 34 IPC RI for 18 months Rs.20,000/- SI 06 months The substantive sentences awarded to run concurrently. The revision petition came to be filed on 02.04.2025. During the pendency of the instant petition, a compromise has been effected between the parties as is evident from compromise deed dated 04.08.2025 (Annexure A-2 in CRM-30862-2025). The Hon’ble Supreme Court in “Ramgopal and another versus State of Madhya Pradesh, 2021(4) RCR (Criminal) 322”, has held that in non-compoundable cases of pre-dominantly private nature, even if a compromise is reached after conviction, the proceedings can be quashed under Section 482 Cr.P.C. Further, the compromise in the present case is found to be fully in consonance of judgments with the direction issued by the Court in Kulwinder Singh & Ors. Vs. State of Punjab 2007(3) RCR (3) RCR (Criminal) 1052 and Gian Singh Vs. State of Punjab & Anr., 2012(4) RCR (Crl.) 543”. In view of the compromise arrived at between the parties which has been accepted by the counsel for the complainant by invoking this Court's inherent powers under Section 482 Cr.P.C., the FIR No.793 dated 04.12.2013 registered under Sections 323/324/34 IPC at Police Station Jhajjar along with all consequential proceedings arising JITESH LAL 2025.08.11 12:48 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document CRR-995-2025 (O&M) -3- therefrom including the judgment/sentence dated 25.03.2025 passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, Jhajjar are hereby quashed qua the petitioner. The petition stands disposed of. Since the main petition has been disposed of no order needs to be passed in the pending application(s), if any. (JASJIT SINGH BEDI) JUDGE 07.08.2025 JITESH JITESH LAL 2025.08.11 12:48 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document